[Tagging] Synonymous values in the shop key

[Bryce Nesbitt]

On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 2:07 PM, John Packer <john.packer7 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think you shouldn't merge the *=ice_cream variantes.
> People never reached a consensus over which one to use (personally I think
> it's compelling to use shop=* instead of amenity=*), and there is another
> variant, which is amenity=cafe/fast_food/restaurant with cuisine=ice_cream,
> and is used even more than amenity=ice_cream.
>

A problem with "ice_cream" is there's no way to add it to a different shop.
A gift shop with an ice cream counter, for example.
shop=ice_cream and amenity=ice_cream both are all out tags, suitable only
for a dedicated ice cream shop.
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